Health
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City briefs
Treaty knowledge centre opens at The Forks// Record numbers for pedestrian fatalities// De-escalating violent situations workshop// Initiative to increase campus safety and awareness// First Nation-led committee to study feasibility of landfill search// Freedom Convoy reunion confusion
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City briefs
Treaty knowledge centre opens at The Forks// Record numbers for pedestrian fatalities// De-escalating violent situations workshop// Initiative to increase campus safety and awareness// First Nation-led committee to study feasibility of landfill search// Freedom Convoy reunion confusion
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City briefs
Winnipeg budget deficits// City encampments on fire// Toy drive for Ukrainian refugees// NDP holds healthcare rally// New bill on liquor sales and cannabis tax// Flaws in Transit Plus system
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Favourite political moment
1. Stefanson uses her son’s hockey game to distract from the healthcare crisis
2. CTV La La Land's the mayoral election for Glen Murray
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Thinly veiled criticism
It felt like progress, when, two decades into my eating-disorder recovery, I stepped on a hospital scale and didn’t register the number
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Dealing with dark days
Winter’s colder days and darker nights can impact mental health and wellbeing more than people may realize.
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There and back again
Whether it’s baking sourdough bread, hiking, playing video games, fostering pets or learning a new language, there is no shortage of hobbies out there.
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Sex work laws in Canada reek of moralism
The term “prostitute/prostitution” is used in Canadian law, but the preferred terminology is sex worker/sex work.
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City briefs
Blue Bombers advance to Grey Cup// Funding for new childcare spaces// Call for another mask mandate// National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation// Need for increased safety measures for Winnipeg Transit drivers// Plan to recruit 2,000 healthcare workers
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Yeezus Christ, make it stop
Wake up, Mr. West. Please.
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I don’t have friends
Reading week was rough. On the second lonely night, I waited for my sister to come home from the library.
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The Uniter Speaker Series presents Ryan Beardy
On Thursday, Nov. 10, local activist and mentor Ryan Beardy will be our featured speaker, discussing issues of colonization and Indigenous men.
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Blue spotlight on the drug-supply crisis
In Winnipeg’s inner city, and places like Tim Hortons, blue lights in public washrooms are becoming commonplace.
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Living in the stone age
This week’s cover feature, by comments editor Paul Carruthers, looks at Winnipeg’s overdose and drug-toxicity crisis.
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PROFile: ‘A holy grail of diagnostics’
Born in India, Anuraag Shrivastav arrived in Winnipeg by way of Saskatoon in 2009.
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Main Street Project’s Socktober wraps up
Inside Main Street Project (MSP) on Oct. 28, the room was divided by a set of washrooms and showers with bright yellow doors.
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Academia, ableism, and collective action
Studies have shown that online learning was difficult for many students. This is not news.
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City briefs
CUPE Local 500 update// Library supports local creatives// RRC Polytech to get new healthcare training centre// AMC elects first female Grand Chief// PC government to pass hydro bill// Call for advisory council to support HSC staffing crisis
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HIV disclosure laws in Canada hurt more than they protect
HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. If left untreated, HIV can develop into AIDS: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
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‘A real crisis right now’
Many Canadians struggle to afford groceries and other necessities.